An excuse is a skin of a reason stuffed with a lie.
BILLY SUNDAYThere is nothing in the world of art like the songs mother used to sing.
More Billy Sunday Quotes
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The backslider likes the preaching that wouldn’t hit the side of a house, while the real disciple is delighted when the truth brings him to his knees.
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The devil says I’m out, but the Lord says I’m safe.
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I pity anyone who can’t laugh. There must be something wrong with their religion or their lives. The devil can’t laugh.
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Churches don’t need new members half so much as they need the old bunch made over.
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When is a revival needed? When carelessness and unconcern keep the people asleep.
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I tell you that the curse of God Almighty is on the saloon.
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I am the sworn, eternal and uncompromising enemy of the liquor traffic.
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The mother of Moses did more for the world than all the kinds that Egypt ever had. Oh, you wait until you reach the mountains of eternity, then read the mothers’ names in God’s Hall of Fame.
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Some homes need a hickory switch a good deal more than they do a piano.
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I am a temperance Republican down to my toes.
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Sinners cannot find God for the same reason that criminals cannot find a policeman: They aren’t looking!
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The saloon is a liar. It promises good cheer and sends sorrow. It promises prosperity and sends adversity. It promises happiness and sends misery…. It is God’s worst enemy and the devil’s best friend.
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When the word of God says one thing and scholarship says another, scholarship can go to hell.
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What have you given the world it never possessed before you came?
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The trouble with many men is that they have got just enough religion to make them miserable. If there is not joy in religion, you have got a leak in your religion.
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